Resource congruence and forest regeneration following an experimental hurricane blowdown

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1305-1319

  Carlton, G C ^a,b   Bazzaz, F A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 concentration; Disturbance; Microsite environment; Mound and pit microrelief; N mineralization; Nitrification; Photon flux density; Recruitment; Resource congruence; Simulated hurricane blowdown; Soil organic matter; Soil water

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; REGENERATION;

(EAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031823044     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1305:RCAFRF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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